FAST FACTS

Designed by Berks County Intermediate Unit’s Creative Team_022417

OUR ROLE IS AWARENESS, ADVOCACY & ACTION.

INTERESTED?BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.

VISIONAll Berks County children will be fullyprepared to enterschool ready to learn.

belc@berksiu.org610-987-8486

www.berksiu.org/belc

CO-CHAIRSJULIA H. KLEIN

C.H. Briggs

ALAN J. OTTINGERQuality Investment

Castings, Inc.

NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION?

Beth KozloskiExecutive Assistant to the Executive Director of the

BERKS COUNTY INTERMEDIATE UNIT

belc@berksiu.org610-987-8486www.berksiu.org/belc

The data collected for Berks Early Learning Coalition Fast Facts focuses on Pre-K three and four year old children.

1. The High/Scope Perry Preschool Study Through Age 40www.highscope.org/file/research/perryproject/specialsummary_rev2011_02_2.pdf

2. Pre-K Counts in Pennsylvania for Youngsters’ Early School Success: Authentic Outcomes for an Innovative Prevention and Promotion Initiativewww.heinz.org/UserFiles/Library/SPECS%20for%20PKC%202009%20Final%20Research%20Report%20113009.pdf

3. A Path Forward Reportwww.papartnerships.org/prekinpa www.partnerships.org/publication_files/ppc-path-forward-report.pdf A Path Forward Report – School District Data www.papartnerships.org/publication_files/path-forward-school-district-data.pdf

4. Invest in Early Education Now, Spend Less on Prison Later, Quality Early Learning Can Cut Pennsylvania’s Future Corrections Cost by a Quarterhttp://pa-elic.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/PApreKPrison.pdf

5. A Path Forward Report – School District Data www.papartnerships.org/publication_files/path-forward-school-district-data.pdf

School District Students Unserved Classrooms Needed

Antietam 80 5

Boyertown Area 345 18

Brandywine Heights Area 133 7

Conrad Weiser Area 227 12

Daniel Boone Area 204 11

Exeter Township 183 10

Fleetwood Area 88 5

Governor Mifflin 282 15

Hamburg Area 171 9

Kutztown Area 154 8

Muhlenberg 38 2

Oley Valley 61 4

Reading 2004 101

Schuylkill Valley 161 9

Tulpehocken Area 204 11

Twin Valley 259 13

Wilson 455 23

Wyomissing Area 80 5 TOTAL 5,129 268